GOPENG, Sept 7 — A mother’s heart is broken into pieces when the body of her young son, who had been missing since yesterday evening, was found floating in a mining pond in Taman Kinta Baru, here, this morning.
Nur Shamimi Abdul Malek 27, was seen crying over the demise of her second child, Muhammad Fayyadh Ukasyah Abdul Wahid, six, whom she regarded as the most affectionate in the family.
“Before he slept, he would seek and hold my leg first before he could nod off. In fact, he would look for me first before he did anything else when he woke up,” she said, sobbing, when met by reporters here, today.
The mother of five children, between three months and eight years old, said that she did not expect Muhammad Fayyadh Ukasyah’s body would be found at the mining pond, which was located about 80 metres from their house, as he had never gone to the area before.
She said that she only realised that Muhammad Fayyadh Ukasyah, who was hyperactive, had poor hearing and could not speak, was nowhere near the house when she was in shower at about 6.30 pm yesterday.
“After a shower, I saw the door was open, so I quickly told my eldest to go look for him at the places he often went to play, including the slide at the playground, but he was not found,” she said.
She also said that Muhammad Fayyadh Ukasyah would normally run out of the house once the gates were left open, adding that her husband had just returned from work at the factory when the incident occurred.
The body of the boy, who was reported missing since yesterday evening, was found floating in a mining pond by a search and rescue team from the Gopeng police station at 9.45 am today.
Kampar district police chief, Supt Hasron Nazri Hashim, said that preliminary examination of the body of the victim ruled out any criminal element.
The body was sent to the Kampar Hospital for a post-mortem. The investigation continues, with the case currently classified as sudden death.
Source: BERNAMA News Agency